A Review of Eslicarbazepine Acetate for the Adjunctive Treatment of Partial-Onset Epilepsy
Eslicarbazepine acetate (ESL) is a novel antiepileptic drug indicated for the treatment of partial-onset seizures. Structurally, it belongs to the dibenzazepine family and is closely related to carbamazepine and oxcarbazepine. Its main mechanism of action is by blocking the voltage-gated sodium chan...
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Language: | English |
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Libertas Academica
2011
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3663619/ |